There have been plenty of posts concerning the ""possible" merging of the greaves and chest pieces into one slot. If you want to discuss/speculate about this, please do so elsewhere, thank you.
This post intention is to summarize all info we can collect about the new crafting system for Skyrim, and speculate about it in a constructive way (hopefully)
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So, picture this:
1.The developers have seen the tremendous creativity of the ES fans via the innumerable armor mods they created.
2.They are quite aware of the general "more slots=more customization=more fun" general opinion.
3.They have decided to create a new crafting mode that not only gives us a reason to collect those wolf/mammoth pelts and different ore types, but also allows endless customization options by combining pauldrons, skirts, chest pieces, greaves, belts, pelts...
What evidence do we have so far?
What features would you like to see?